Cosmic Origins V Lecture Course Minor Astronomy University

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Cosmic Origins V Lecture Course Minor Astronomy University of Groningen November 2019 -January 2020

Cosmic Origins V Lecture Course Minor Astronomy University of Groningen November 2019 -January 2020

Practical Matters Agenda: Monday Friday 19: 00 -21: 00 Heymanszaal 15: oo-17: 00 Kapteynborg,

Practical Matters Agenda: Monday Friday 19: 00 -21: 00 Heymanszaal 15: oo-17: 00 Kapteynborg, Zernike campus 5419. 0008 Lectures: - 12 lectures/hoorcolleges - 4 tutorial/werkcolleges Lecturer: Monday: 8 Friday: 4 Rien van de Weygaert Kapteyn Astronomical Institute Kapteynborg, Zernike campus, rm. 186; tel. 050 -3634086; weygaert@astro. rug. nl Lecture website: http: //www. astro. rug. nl/~weygaert/cosmic_origins 2019. html

Exam 1. Written exam (Jan. 21, 2020) 2. Tutorial Group assignments 65% 35%

Exam 1. Written exam (Jan. 21, 2020) 2. Tutorial Group assignments 65% 35%

Topics/Agenda I. • Lecture 1, November 12 Introduction Cosmology, the Search for the Origin

Topics/Agenda I. • Lecture 1, November 12 Introduction Cosmology, the Search for the Origin of our World the Fundamental Questions of our Existence • Lecture 2, November 16 Cosmology Timeline • Lecture 3, November 19 Gods and Myths: Genesis of our World • Lecture 4, November 23, tutorial Tutorial: the Fundamental Cosmological Questions: society responds. . . • Lecture 5, November 26, Cosmology: the philosophy of our world • Lecture 6, November 30 Order in the Cosmos: how the Babylonians and Greeks rationalized the heavens

Topics/Agenda II. • Lecture 7, December 3 the Cosmos Mechanized: Hellenistic Cosmology • Lecture

Topics/Agenda II. • Lecture 7, December 3 the Cosmos Mechanized: Hellenistic Cosmology • Lecture 8, December 7 the Cosmos Mechanized: a case study: the Antikythera Mechanism Tutorial: a Cosmic Debate between Worldviews • Lecture 9, December 10 the Scientific Revolution: the Mechanization of Nature • Lecture 10, December 14 Tutorial: the Fundamental Cosmological Questions: society responds II. . . • Lecture 11, December 17 the Dynamical Universe Einstein, Gravity and the Dynamics of our Universe • Lecture 12, December 21 the Big Bang

Topics/Agenda III. • Lecture 13, January 7 Kant to Hubble: on Island Universes and

Topics/Agenda III. • Lecture 13, January 7 Kant to Hubble: on Island Universes and the Size of our World the Universe expands ! • Lecture 14 January 11 Tutorial: a Cosmic Debate between Worldviews II • Lecture 15, January 14 the Hot Big Bang: journey to the very first moments of our Cosmos. . . • Lecture 16, January 18 the Cosmic Web the emergence of complexity in the Universe

Literature • Lecture Notes (ppt slides etc. ) • Cosmos, an illustrated history of

Literature • Lecture Notes (ppt slides etc. ) • Cosmos, an illustrated history of astronomy and cosmology John North, 2 nd ed. , 2008, Univ. Chicago Press (paperback) • Cosmology, the Science of the Universe E. Harrison, 2 nd ed. , 2000, Cambridge Univ. Press • Conceptions of Cosmos: From Myths to the Accelerating Universe: A History of Cosmology H. Kragh, 2013, Oxford Univ. Press • the History and Practice of Ancient Astronomy J. Evans, 1998, Oxford Univ. Press • Ancient Cosmologies ed. C. Blacker, M. Loewe, 1975, George Allen & Unwin Ltd.